Jandakot Airport
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| Jandakot Airport | |||
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| IATA: JAD - ICAO: YPJT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Jandakot Airport Holdings | ||
| Serves | Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 99 ft (30 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06R/24L | 3,773 | 1,150 | Asphalt |
| 06L/24R | 4,567 | 1,392 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 3,248 | 990 | Asphalt |
Jandakot Airport, (IATA: JAD, ICAO: YPJT) is an Australian general aviation airport located in Jandakot, Perth, Western Australia. Jandakot airport opened in 1963. From 1 July 1998, Jandakot Airport Holdings purchased a 50 year lease with a 49 year option to operate and maintain the Airport including its conservation areas.
Originally built on unproductive farm lands, it is now among residential suburbs in the south of the Perth metropolitan area, within the City of Cockburn, and just south of Leeming and west of Canning Vale.
Currently the airport has an average of 325,000 aircraft movements per annum (37 per hour) with a capacity of 472,000 per annum (54 per hour), making it the busiest secondary airport in Australia.
Its post code is 6164.
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[edit] Notable tenants
The airport provides a base for essential service organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Department of Environment and Conservation Forest and Bushfire Patrol and the WA Police Air Support. Jandakot is also an important training base for international airline pilots, with Singapore Airlines and China Southern Airlines operating flying colleges and student accommodation facilities at the Airport. China Southern West Australian Flying College also operates from Merredin Aerodrome.
Jandakot is home to the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, said to be the most active flying club in the southern hemisphere.
There are also a number of charter operators who provide flights for the 'fly in fly out' staff of remote mining companies.
On the main road opposite the tower there is a memorial to Robin Miller, the "Sugarbird Lady", who as a nurse and later RFDS pilot brought vaccinations to remote Western Australian communities.
[edit] Natural environment
Jandakot Airport covers 6.22 km² with 4 km² of Banksia woodlands, this includes 2.8 km² of conservation reserve. Within the airport boundaries 290 native flora species have been identified including the endangered Grand Spider Orchid (caladenia hueglii). Over 100 fauna species have also been identified. The Southern Brown Bandicoot and kangaroos can be seen feeding on the maintained areas of grassland around sunset most nights. Two sites of Aboriginal heritage land have been identified with the airport; both of these are included in the conservation reserve. These sites contain scattered small artifacts.
[edit] Relocation plans
On 15 June 2006, Jandakot Airport Holdings, after being bought out by property developer Ascot Capital Limited, announced a proposal to relocate the airport's operations to the southern outskirts of Perth, possibly to a site in the Shire of Murray.[1] The proposal's success depends on the successful negotiation of a land swap arrangement with State and Commonwealth governments. The Jandakot Airport Chamber of Commerce and many users of Jandakot Airport are opposed to the relocation as are the residents of the proposed site.
[edit] Flight specific information
This airport has three runways, 06L/24R (30 m wide), 06R/24L (18 m wide) and 12/30 (30 m wide).
Latitude: 32°05'48"S (-32.096667)
Longitude: 115°52'54"E (115.881667)
Elevation: 99 ft (30 m)
Timezone: UTC+8
Frequencies in use:
Tower: 118.1
Circuits: 119.4
Ground: 124.3
ATIS: 120.9, 281
CTAF: 118.1
PAL/PAPI: 123.9
NDB: 281
ACD: 132.95
Fuel: 129.9 (Air BP), 121.8 (Shell Aviation)
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